Fundamentos feministas

Abstract

«Feminist fundamentalisms». This article responds to the post-9/11 claims of Katha Pollitt, a highly renowned public feminist voice in the United States. She condemns all major religions for subordinating women, placing feminism in opposition to fundamentalism. Her opinions reflect a feminist failure to understand why and how religion matters for women and they weaken critical perspective on the religious subordination of women. This position comes from the presumed superiority of modernity which many feminists refuse to question, and ends up creating a feminist fundamentalism in itself. Recent research shows how the United States actually contributed to problems in Afghanistan before 9/11, and highlights the strategic use of the concept of Islamic fundamentalism for war. The last part deals with bodily practice in religion as constitutive of human subjectivity.